Joe Pantoliano
Joseph Peter Pantoliano is an American actor who has played over 150 roles across film, television, and theater. He is best known for portraying Ralph "Ralphie" Cifaretto on the HBO crime drama The Sopranos (1999–2007), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, and Cypher in the sci-fi action film The Matrix (1999). After early roles in the television series M* A * S * H and the comedy film Risky Business, Pantoliano gained recognition for numerous supporting roles in films and television shows such as Hill Street Blues, The Goonies, La Bamba, Empire of the Sun, Midnight Run, NYPD Blue, Memento, and Bad Boys and its sequels. He also appeared in The Fugitive and its spin-off U.S. Marshals. He began working with the Wachowskis in their directorial debut Bound, and later appeared in their film The Matrix and their sci-fi series Sense8.
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- Born:
- Sep 12, 1951 In Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 160
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Isolate Thief
- Latest Project:
- Movie Violent Night 2 2026-12-03
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Violent Night 2 | 2026-12-03 | |
| Movie | I Took My Avocado to Aspen, Colorado | Narrator | 2026 |
| Movie | Higher Love | 2026 | |
| Movie | The Isolate Thief | 2026 | |
| Movie | Home Delivery | Gary Templeton | 2024-02-05 |
| Series | Dexter: Original Sin | Anthony Moretti | 2024-12-15 |
| Movie | Bad Boys: Legacy | Self | 2024-07-24 |
| Movie | Bad Boys: Ride or Die | Captain Howard | 2024-06-05 |
| Series | The Last of Us | Eugene Lynden | 2023-01-15 |
| Movie | Hide and Seek | Collin Carmichael | 2021-11-19 |
| Movie | The Santa Stakeout | Mr. Miller | 2021-10-24 |
| Series | Chucky | Joe Pantoliano | 2021-10-12 |
| Movie | A Journey to Sundance | Self | 2021-01-01 |
| Movie | Bad Boys for Life | Captain Howard | 2020-01-15 |
| Series | Reunited Apart | Self | 2020-04-27 |
| Series | Tacoma FD | Eddie Penisi Sr. | 2019-03-25 |
| Movie | From the Vine | Marco Gentile | 2019-12-27 |
| Movie | Feast of the Seven Fishes | Uncle Frankie | 2019-11-15 |
| Movie | The Brawler | Al Braverman | 2019-01-18 |
| Movie | Happy Anniversary | Aldo | 2018-03-30 |
| Movie | Lake Placid: Legacy | Henderson | 2018-05-28 |
| Movie | Just Getting Started | Joey | 2017-12-01 |
| Movie | Random Tropical Paradise | Vincent Gambazzo | 2017-06-09 |
| Movie | The Perfect Match | Marty | 2016-03-11 |
| Series | MacGyver | Eric Andrews | 2016-09-23 |
| Series | Sense8 | Michael Gorski | 2015-06-05 |
| Movie | Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano | Self | 2014-08-18 |
| Movie | The Identical | Avi Hirshberg | 2014-09-05 |
| Movie | Loosies | Carl | 2012-02-01 |
| Movie | 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief | Self | 2012-12-12 |
| Movie | Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life | Oswald | 2012-03-06 |
| Movie | Deadly Impact | David Kaplow | 2010-04-20 |
| Movie | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Gabe Ugliano | 2010-02-01 |
| Movie | The Legend of Secret Pass | Chuckster (voice) | 2010-10-14 |
| Movie | New York Street Games | Self | 2010-07-28 |
| Movie | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Peek (voice) | 2010-07-29 |
| Movie | Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies' | Self | 2010-07-13 |
| Movie | No Kidding, Me Too! | Himself | 2009-01-01 |
| Movie | Falling Up | George | 2009-09-29 |
| Movie | The Job | Perriman | 2009-09-26 |
| Movie | The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business | Self | 2008-09-16 |
| Movie | Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector | Mayor M.T. Gunn | 2006-03-24 |
| Movie | The Amateurs | Some Idiot | 2006-04-28 |
| Movie | Deceit | Anthony | 2006-10-22 |
| Movie | Unknown | Bound Man | 2006-11-03 |
| Movie | Wedding Daze | Smitty | 2006-09-09 |
| Movie | ...So Goes the Nation | Self | 2006-10-04 |
| Movie | Canvas | John Marino | 2006-11-12 |
| Movie | Racing Stripes | Goose (voice) | 2005-01-06 |
| Series | But Can They Sing? | 2005-10-30 | |
| Movie | The Check Up | The Inspector | 2005-01-21 |
| Movie | Second Best | Elliot | 2004-01-01 |
| Series | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | 2004-09-13 |
| Movie | Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix | Cypher | 2004-12-07 |
| Series | Dr. Vegas | 2004-09-24 | |
| Movie | The Easter Egg Adventure | Terrible Timothy Takit (voice) | 2004-09-05 |
| Movie | Perfect Opposites | Louis Carbonelli | 2004-02-06 |
| Series | The Handler | Joe Renato | 2003-09-26 |
| Movie | Bad Boys II | Captain Howard | 2003-07-18 |
| Movie | Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil' | 2003-07-29 | |
| Movie | Daredevil | Ben Urich | 2003-02-14 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Mogan | 2002-08-16 |
| Movie | Cats & Dogs | Peek (voice) | 2001-07-04 |
| Movie | A Better Way to Die | Flash | 2001-09-26 |
| Series | Good Day Live | Self | 2001-09-17 |
| Movie | The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer | Self | 2000-12-14 |
| Movie | Silver Man | Norbert | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Ready to Rumble | Titus Sinclair | 2000-04-07 |
| Movie | Memento | Teddy | 2000-10-11 |
| Movie | Olive, the Other Reindeer | Martini (voice) | 1999-12-17 |
| Series | The Sopranos | Ralph Cifaretto | 1999-01-10 |
| Movie | Black and White | Bill King | 1999-09-04 |
| Movie | The Matrix | Cypher | 1999-03-31 |
| Movie | The Life Before This | Jake Maclean | 1999-09-15 |
| Series | Roswell | Kal Langley | 1999-10-06 |
| Movie | New Blood | Hellman | 1999-11-15 |
| Movie | Taxman | Al Benjamin | 1999-09-16 |
| Movie | Making 'The Matrix' | Self | 1999-09-21 |
| Movie | Hoods | Charlie Flynn | 1998-08-05 |
| Series | The Lionhearts | (voice) | 1998-09-19 |
| Series | Godzilla: The Series | Victor "Animal" Palotti (voice) | 1998-09-12 |
| Movie | U.S. Marshals | Renfro | 1998-03-06 |
| Movie | Pitch | Self | 1997-09-04 |
| Movie | Tinseltown | Arnie | 1997-01-01 |
| Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Top of the World | Vince Castor | 1997-05-01 |
| Movie | Natural Enemy | Stuart | 1996-12-31 |
| Movie | Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice | Det. Meyer Meyer | 1996-02-18 |
| Series | EZ Streets | Jimmy Murtha | 1996-10-27 |
| Movie | Bound | Caesar | 1996-09-13 |
| Series | Arli$$ | Unknown | 1996-08-10 |
| Movie | Bad Boys | Captain Howard | 1995-04-07 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Stan Harbinger | 1995-03-26 |
| Movie | Congo | Eddie Ventro (Uncredited) | 1995-06-09 |
| Movie | The Last Word | Doc | 1995-08-27 |
| Movie | Steal Big Steal Little | Eddie Agopian | 1995-09-29 |
| Movie | The Immortals | Pete | 1995-10-05 |
| Movie | Dangerous Heart | Barclay | 1994-02-02 |
| Movie | Robot in the Family | Jack Shamir | 1994-03-02 |
| Movie | Teresa's Tattoo | Bruno | 1994-03-15 |
| Series | Life with Louie | Jojo Stomopolous (voice) | 1994-12-24 |
| Series | Beethoven | Sparky (voice) | 1994-09-10 |
| Movie | Baby's Day Out | Norby | 1994-07-01 |
| Movie | The Flight of the Dove | Attorney Brezner | 1994-06-10 |
| Movie | Three of Hearts | Mickey | 1993-04-30 |
| Movie | Calendar Girl | Harvey Darpinian | 1993-09-03 |
| Movie | The Fugitive | Cosmo Renfro | 1993-08-06 |
| Movie | Me and the Kid | Roy | 1993-10-22 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993-09-13 |
| Movie | Used People | Frank | 1992-12-16 |
| Movie | Through the Eyes of a Killer | Jerry | 1992-09-30 |
| Series | Highlander: The Series | Doctor Wilder | 1992-10-03 |
| Series | Civil Wars | Stan DeMarco | 1991-11-20 |
| Movie | Zandalee | Gerri | 1991-05-09 |
| Movie | One Special Victory | Daniel | 1991-12-08 |
| Movie | Downtown | White | 1990-01-12 |
| Movie | El Diablo | Kid Durango | 1990-07-22 |
| Movie | The Last of the Finest | Wayne Gross | 1990-03-09 |
| Series | The Fanelli Boys | Dominic Fanelli | 1990-09-08 |
| Movie | Backstreet Dreams | Paul (uncredited) | 1990-09-29 |
| Movie | Short Time | Scalese | 1990-05-04 |
| Movie | Nightbreaker | Sgt. Jack Russell | 1989-03-08 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Dante Calabresi Sr. (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Casino Dealer (uncredited) | 1989-06-10 |
| Movie | Midnight Run | Eddie Moscone, Bail Bonder | 1988-07-20 |
| Movie | Rock 'N Roll Mom | Ronnie | 1988-02-07 |
| Movie | The In Crowd | Perry Parker | 1988-02-01 |
| Movie | Empire of the Sun | Frank Demarest | 1987-12-09 |
| Movie | The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun | Self | 1987-12-30 |
| Movie | Destination: America | Lt. Mike Amico | 1987-04-03 |
| Movie | La Bamba | Bob Keane | 1987-07-24 |
| Series | Beverly Hills Buntz | Jimmy Montaigne | 1987-11-05 |
| Movie | Amazon Women on the Moon | Sy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming") | 1987-09-18 |
| Movie | Scenes from the Goldmine | Manny Ricci | 1987-08-08 |
| Movie | The Squeeze | Norman | 1987-07-10 |
| Movie | L.A. Law: Pilot | Ralph Cavanaugh | 1986-09-15 |
| Series | L.A. Law | Ralph Cavanaugh | 1986-09-15 |
| Movie | Running Scared | Snake | 1986-06-27 |
| Movie | Roger Rabbit Screen Test | Eddie Valiant (uncredited) | 1986-11-02 |
| Series | Amazing Stories | Joe | 1985-09-29 |
| Series | Robert Kennedy & His Times | Roy Cohn | 1985-01-27 |
| Movie | The Goonies | Francis | 1985-06-07 |
| Movie | The Mean Season | Andy Porter | 1985-02-15 |
| Movie | Mister Roberts | Insigna | 1984-03-18 |
| Movie | The Final Terror | Eggar | 1983-05-01 |
| Movie | Eddie and the Cruisers | Doc Robbins | 1983-09-23 |
| Series | Hardcastle and McCormick | Teddy Hollins | 1983-09-18 |
| Series | The Hitchhiker | Brother Charles | 1983-11-01 |
| Movie | Risky Business | Guido | 1983-08-05 |
| Movie | Monsignor | Pvt. Joe Musso | 1982-10-22 |
| Series | Hill Street Blues | Sonny Orsini | 1981-01-15 |
| Series | Simon & Simon | Unknown | 1981-11-24 |
| Movie | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story | Ray Neal | 1980-11-05 |
| Movie | The Idolmaker | Gino Pilato | 1980-11-14 |
| Series | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story | Ray Neal | 1980-11-05 |
| Series | Hart to Hart | Unknown | 1979-09-22 |
| Series | From Here to Eternity | Pvt. Angelo Maggio | 1979-02-14 |
| Movie | More Than Friends | Ralphie | 1978-10-20 |
| Series | Free Country | 1978-06-24 | |
| Series | M*A*S*H | Gerald Mullen | 1972-09-17 |